Sorry Tom, I would have posted this additional information on the Fletcher-Reiter marriage/ real estate deals yesterday, but I had to double-check my facts twice, lest Sheriff Fletcher and/or Krissy Reiter threaten to sue me for writing the truth about them.
John Birrenbach raised a very interesting question about the Reiter-Fletcher real estate transactions and whether the sale of Kris Reiter's house in Shoreview to Bob Fletcher was ever recorded. John wrote, "I bet she bought it back from him after the race was over... hmm but still there should have been some sort of paper trail showing changes in ownership.... Probably a rock best not turned over I guess." So out of curiosity, and to answer John's question, I went by the Clerk of Court's Office and the County Recorder's Office yesterday to see what the records showed. To refresh everyone's memories, Kris Reiter filed to run for her late father's St. Paul City Council seat in October of 2003, even thou every pertinent record; her driver's license, her real estate license and County tax records still showed her living at 1164 Ravenswood in Shoreview. When suit was brought to block her candidacy by 5th Ward voters, Ms. Reiter, in an affidavit filed in Ramsey County District Court said that after her father's first heart attack back in March, she intended to sell her house in Shoreview and move back to St. Paul. She then claims that she sold her Shoreview house at 1164 Ravenswood to Bob Fletcher on July 30th, 2003, and swears, "Land Title conducted the closing, the papers were executed and delivered by Land Title to Ramsey County Recorder for filing." There was a unstamped warranty deed attached as an exhibit to her affidavit to support this claim. Reiter then stated in her affidavit that after her father's second heart attack she moved back to her parent's home in St. Paul. "I have resided at 1153 Iowa Avenue West St. Paul physically since September 7, 2003 and have made it my permanent home." Similarly, Bob Fletcher, in his affidavit, dated October 23rd, 2003, in support of Kris Reiter's claim that she was living in the City of Saint Paul, said that he purchased "The Shoreview property" on July 30th, 2003. At the start of his affidavit, Fletcher states he lives at 3653 Oak Creek Drive West, Vadnais Heights. So what do the property and tax records show as of 11 1/2 months later? Tax records show that Bob Fletcher is listed as the taxpayer for 1164 Ravenswood in Shoreview, (Kris Reiter's "old" home) and that Kris Reiter is the taxpayer for 3653 Oak Creek Drive West in Vadnais Heights, the home Fletcher listed as his address in his October 23rd affidavit. However, the deed attached to Kris Reiter's affidavit, evidencing the sale of 1164 Ravenswood from Kris Reiter to Bob Fletcher, does not yet appear to have been recorded in the Ramsey County Recorder's Office. The County Recorder's Office is currently recording and indexing documents from June of 2004, so if this warranty deed had been recorded, it should have appeared long before now. Secondly, the County Recorder shows that Kris Reiter closed on 3653 Oak Creek Drive in Vadnais Heights and took out a $447,000 mortgage on this property on September 18th, or 11 days after she claimed that she had moved back to her parent's home at 1153 Iowa Avenue in St. Paul and 34 days before Reiter and Fletcher signed their affidavits. None of this was disclosed in the court records by either Fletcher or Reiter, nor has been reported by the news media. Dan Dobson Summit Hill - Saint Paul From: John Birrenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [StPaul] PP 7/13/04: Reiter and Fletcher to marry To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 3:42 PM -0700 7/13/04, erin stojan wrote: >but certainly our esteemed sheriff was an impartial >enforcer of the law when he took those cards on behalf >of his now fiancee/then city council candidate Kris >Reiter... And I am certain that in the court case around her residency he didn't comit any acts of perjury either. Hmmmm I wonder if Ramsey County Property Tax records have managed to make the changes of ownership so show who owns what property in their deal that they made so she could claim her residency in Ward 5? Last time I checked (earlier this spring as taxes were due), nothing had changed she still owned the house she said she sold to the sheriff. I bet she bought it back from him after the race was over... hmm but still there should have been some sort of paper trail showing changes in ownership.... Probably a rock best not turned over I guess. -- Sincerely, John Birrenbach W 7th Neighborhood, St Paul MN --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > NOTHING BETTER TO DIG UP. MUST BE A SLOW NEWS DAY. > > > Tom Meemken > Battle Creek _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
